Kentucky Heads To The (Governor) Races And More Top Stories This Week

Incumbent Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin will be challenged by three fellow Republicans in this year's governor's race. Four Democrats will compete in the May 21 primary to be their party's nominee this November.

Kentucky's Secretary of State, Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, once seen as a rising star in Kentucky politics, recently announced she won't run for governor. Grimes is currently under investigation for her staff's questionable use of voter registration records.

Warren County foster parents who adopted children with special needs say the county underpaid adoption aid. A federal judge will decide if a lawsuit brought by the parents against the county can proceed as a class-action case.

Indiana State Senator and Perfect North Slopes CEO Chip Perfect faced conflict-of-interest scrutiny after he filed legislation to eliminate the state's child labor laws. He then amended his bill and now wants lawmakers to study the laws. The ski resort employs hundreds of minors.

And a documentary about Hall of Fame Reds' catcher Johnny Bench is a hit, but even the trailer of the new movie about serial killer Ted Bundy, filmed mostly in Northern Kentucky, gets bad reviews.

When you watch a biography of Reds Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench, you expect to see lots of World Series highlights available for years on DVD.

That's all part of BENCH, a terrific 90-minute MLB Network Presents film premiering 8 p.m. Wednesday Jan. 30 on the MLB Network. But the stars of the show are Bench, now 71, being a single father to sons Justin, 12, and Josh, 9, in their Florida home.

BENCH also will bring back a flood of memories for Big Red Machine fans with the sights and sounds from Riverfront Stadium, spring training, the Reds' dugout, and Bench's foray from behind the mask into the entertainment world with Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, Hee Haw, David Letterman and his own TV show.

Dan Hurley is good at many things – except retiring. He's failed at it several times, due to his sense of civic responsibility and love for broadcasting.

Maybe this time he can finally kick back after hosting his last Cincinnati Edition talk show 1 p.m. Friday on WVXU-FM. He's been the "three-month interim host" for nearly a year. Michael Monks takes over Monday, Feb. 4, when the show resumes broadcasting five days a week.